Schweigen-Rechtenbach

Schweigen-Rechtenbach is a locality in Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate. Schweigen-Rechtenbach is situated nearby to the town Wissembourg, as well as near the hamlet Windhof.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wissembourg station and Hôtel de Ville.

Wissembourg station

Railway station

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Wissembourg station is a railway station serving the town of Wissembourg in the department of Bas-Rhin in northeastern France. It is a terminus station at the junction of two railway lines: towards Strasbourg and Neustadt an der Weinstraße.

Hôtel de Ville

Town hall

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Hôtel de Ville de Wissembourg is a Baroque city hall in Wissembourg, a small town at the northern edge of the Bas-Rhin department of France, close to the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

German Wine Gate

Photo: Felix Koenig, CC BY 3.0.

The German Wine Gate is a gate-like structure which marks the southern end of the German Wine Route in Schweigen-Rechtenbach. A corresponding marker at the northern end of the German Wine Route at Bockenheim, some 85 kilometers to the north is the Haus der Deutschen Weinstraße which since 1995 has welcomed visitors with unusual architectural details and a large restaurant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wissembourg and Schweigen-Rechtenbach.

Wissembourg

Town

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Wissembourg is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Wissembourg was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015.